The voice of a person closest to the child and the beginning of a new journey through imagination create the simplest and most valued moments. The idea of the project is to build this experience again in order to keep the inherited repertoire and honour all grandmothers who aroused children’s imagination, and those who have never felt this pleasure. The project consists of choosing, visualizing and photographing a history, and then weaving it on a canvas, which will become the basis of inherited stories.

About the workshops:
Creative workshops taking place in the framework of Noura Alsouma’s project My Grandmother’s Quilt are intended for people who do not speak
Arabic. Participants will be introduced to the world of Arabic language in a simplified form, and then learn about the Arab alphabet. The purpose of the workshop is to draw attention to the shape of Arab letters as a form of art. The starting point will be two words: حب and ،
دفا, meaning love and warmth. Each person will work with letters on the fabric, in relation to the chosen bedtime story. Individual designs will become part of a work of art combining fibre and graphics. Lublin workshops are the first instalment of the artist’s activities, the next one will take place in Berlin in March 2023.

About the artist:
Nour Alsooua is an artist and illustrator from Syria, living in the United Arab Emirates. She graduated from graphic design and multimedia at the University of Sharjah. He is currently studying workshop graphics at Institute of Fine Arts of the Faculty of Arts at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, currently working on her diploma. As an artist, she is looking for connections between the Middle East and Europe.
The workshops are intended for people from 16 years of age, adults and seniors. Classes will be conducted in English with a translation into Polish.